It was not only the three major powers-Heaven Dou, the Star Luo Empire, and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan. The continent's small and midsized powers also made the same choice.
Powers such as the Elephant Armor Sect and the Wind Sword Sect, which had long since aligned themselves with Spirit Hall, voluntarily dispatched elite disciples to comb their territories for remnants of the Clear Sky Sect. Even some previously neutral families joined the hunt to demonstrate their loyalty to Spirit Hall, treating "eliminating the Clear Sky Sect's remnants" as a bargaining chip to secure their own standing.
At the edge of Sunset Forest, a Clear Sky Sect disciple who had lost his cultivation trudged along with difficulty. Tucked against his chest was a small Clear Sky Hammer pendant, personally bestowed upon him by the Sect Master when he became a disciple.
Suddenly, several dark figures sprang out from behind the trees, their daggers gleaming coldly:
"Die, you Clear Sky Sect remnant!"
Before the disciple could react, he collapsed into a pool of blood. The pendant slipped from his chest, and one of the dark figures crushed it underfoot.
Similar scenes played out across the continent.
Similar scenes played out across the continent. Soul Masters who had once taken pride in being "Clear Sky Sect disciples" had now become rats scurrying across the street, hounded by everyone. Even begging in remote villages earned them nothing but expulsion; merely staying alive had become a distant dream. Although Spirit Hall had issued no public order to hunt them down, the destruction of the Clear Sky Sect had become the spark for an unseen storm of "purging the Clear Sky remnants." To protect themselves and curry favor with Spirit Hall, the major powers struck even more ruthlessly than Spirit Hall itself, utterly snuffing